Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read.
Pliny the Elder
There are 10 types of people. Those who can read ternary, those who can't and those who mistake it for binary.
Anonymous
All real programmers know C of course.
Jeff Atwood
Your code is both good and original. Unfortunately the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good.
Anonymous
When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
Alan J. Perlis
I went to school to learn how to program software applications, which inevitably have bug defects. There was no course at my university on testing, debugging, profiling, or optimization. These things you have to learn on your own, usually in a tight deadline.
Juixe TechKnow
God did not create the world in seven days; for six days he screwed around and then pulled an all-nighter.
Anonymous
Working software is the primary measure of progress.
Agile Manifesto
Rules are for the obedience of the inexperienced and the guidance of the wise.
Anonymous
A programmer that is 10 times better than another will probably be happy making only 3 times as much.
Paul Graham